Editing Norman Bates (section)

==Reception==
Norman Bates is ranked as the second-greatest villain on the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains|list of the top 100 film heroes and villains]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/100years/handv.aspx|title=AFI's 100 YEARS...100 HEROES & VILLAINS|work=[[afi.com]]|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> behind [[Hannibal Lecter]] and ahead of [[Darth Vader]]. His line "A boy's best friend is his mother" also ranks as number 56 on the institute's [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes|list of the 100 greatest movie quotes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/100years/quotes.aspx|title=AFI'S 100 GREATEST MOVIE QUOTES OF ALL TIME|work=[[afi.com]]|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> In 2008, Norman Bates was selected by ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' as one of ''The 100 Greatest Movie Characters''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=80|title=The 100 Greatest Movie Characters|magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|publisher= Bauer Consumer Media|location=London, England|date=29 June 2015|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> In 2009, ''[[Total Film]]'' issued its "The 150 Greatest Performances of All Time" list, ranking Perkins' performance in ''Psycho'' at 27th place.<ref>[http://www.totalfilm.com/features/150-greatest-movie-performances-of-all-time-5/27-anthony-perkins-norman-bates-psycho-1960 "The 150 Greatest Performances Of All Time"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330113740/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/150-greatest-movie-performances-of-all-time-5/27-anthony-perkins-norman-bates-psycho-1960 |date=March 30, 2014 }} TotalFilm. com</ref> Bates also ranked number 4 on [[Premiere Magazine|''Premiere'' magazine]]'s list of ''The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.filmsite.org/100characters4.html|title=100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time|magazine=[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.]]|location=New York City|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>